Add Fraction
1/6 + 2 1/4
2 5/12
5/6 - 1/3
3/6 or 1/2
Shawn made a mix of plants. The mix has 1/2 cup green seeds, 2 2/3 cup red seeds and 1 1/4 cup bronze seeds. How many cups of seeds does Shawn plant?
4 5/12
4 cans for $3 or 8 cans for $6
They are the same buy
Mark drove 3/4 of a 36 km trip before he stopped for gas. How many kilometers of the trip did he drive?
27 km
5/6 + 1/3
7/6 or 1 1/6
1 1/5 - 3/10
9/10
Abby is 5 1/2 feet tall. Craig is 5 1/3 feet tall. How much taller is Abby than Craig?
1/6 feet taller
2 inches
5 cans for $6 or 8 cans for $10
5 cans for $6
1/3 of 27
9
4/12 + 5/6
14/12 or 1 2/12 or 1 1/6
1/2 - 1/3
1/6
David ran 1/2 a mile down at the high school and then walked 1/3 of a mile. How far did he go?
When Sara solved this she got 2/5 of a mile. Is this reasonable? Why?
No. She added 1/2 + 1/3 straight across instead of finding the common denominator.
12 cans for $15 or 15 cans for $18
2/3 of 18
12
1/2 + 1/3 = ___ + ___ = ___
3/6 + 2/6 = 5/6
3/5 - 4/10 = ___ - ___ = ___
6/10 - 4/10 = 2/10 - 1/5
David ran 1/2 of a mile down the the track and then walked 1/3 of a mile. How far did David go?
5/6 of a mile
If 5 pounds of apples cost $8. How much would 9 pounds cost?
$14.40
1/12 x 60
30
3 4/15 + 2 1/3
3 4/15 + 2 5/15 = 5 9/15 or 5 3/5
10/16 - 5/8 = ___ - ___ = ___
10/16 - 10/16 = 0
Andrea walked 2/5 of the trail and then ran 1/4 of the trail. How much of the trail did she cover.
13/20 of a mile
If 5 pounds of apples cost $8 how much would 11 pounds cost?
Anika walked 7/8 of a mile. Kyle walked 2/4 of a mile. How much farther did Anika walk than Kyle?
3/8 of a mile farther